CHAMPION: Abbes/Harsch Wins 2024 WCT Mixed Doubles Lodz

Emira Abbes/Klaudius Harsch (Fuessen, GER) won 5-4 over Dilsat Yildiz/Bilal Omer Cakir (ANKARA, TUR) in the Final of the WCT Mixed Doubles Lodz, held November 7 - 10, 2024 at the Curling Lodz in Lodz, Poland. To advance to the championship game, Abbes/Harsch won 8-2 over Adela Walczak/Andrzej Augustyniak (Lodz, POL) in the semifinals of the 2024 WCT Mixed Doubles Lodz in Lodz, Poland; and won 5-2 over Vera Tiuliakova/Sixten Totzek (Fuessen, GER) in the quarterfinals. of the 2024 WCT Mixed Doubles Lodz in Lodz, Poland;

Abbes/Harsch finished 5-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Abbes/Harsch defeated Susanna Santti/Iikko Santti (Hyvinkaa, FIN) 7-2, then won 11-2 against Marta Szeliga-Frynia/Maksymillian Szewczyk (Lodz, POL) and 9-0 against Yildiz/Cakir. Abbes/Harsch won 8-1 against Paulina Frysz/Adam Pasierbek (Lodz, POL), then won 9-7 against Paulina Hajduk/Jan Horacek (Bratislava, SVK) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the WCT Mixed Doubles Lodz Championship title, Abbes/Harsch earned 15.000 world rankings points along with the $1,000CDN first prize cheque. For week 15 of the event schedule, Abbes/Harsch did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 18th to 20th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 72.150 total points. Abbes/Harsch ranks 15th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 39.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

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